- Title
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Primary Entry Device Design and Entry Related Complications at Laparoscopy in Obese Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
- Description
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Background: The first entry complications at laparoscopy in obese individuals is unclear. The role of the entry device rather than technique in the course of complications is a necessary evaluation to further understand first access injuries.
Purpose: To summarise findings from both randomised and observational studies assessing first access injuries in obese patients according to the characteristics of the entry device utilised.
Data Sources: Embase, Cochrane Library, Scopus, PubMed including MEDLINE, Web of Science and Clinicaltrials.gov were searched for eligible articles published in English with no date limits.
Study Selection: 2 authors screened article abstracts to retrieve trials investigating laparoscopic first access injuries with eligibility resting on studies that recruited obese individuals and providing device type with outcomes detailing all injuries sustained.
Data Extraction: The screening authors extracted data documenting the obese class of patients enrolled in the trials, alongside the type of entry device employed and the resultant complications incurred in establishing abdominal entry.
- Attribution
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Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Health and Care, University of Bristol
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Authors of Report
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Miti, Chimwemwe
Busuulwa, Paula
Scott, Richard
Bloomfield-Gadelha, Hermes
1 EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Health and Care, University of Bristol, 1 Cathedral Square, Trinity Street, Bristol, BS1 5DD, United Kingdom
2 Academic Specialty Trainee Registrar, Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Crown Street, LS8 7SS, Liverpool, United Kingdom
3Department of Engineering Mathematics and Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Queens Road, BS8 1QU, Bristol, United Kingdom
4Department of Medical Physics, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS FT, Marlborough Street, BS1 3NU, Bristol, United Kingdom
∗Corresponding author. c.miti@bristol.ac.uk
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Methodology description
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Systematic Review
- PROSPERO
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- DOI
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- Notes
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- Funding Source
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This study was not directly funded but was conducted as part of a project towards a doctorate degree sponsored by EPSRC Funded Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Health and Care, Bristol University